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How to make a basic rag doll

I love rag dolls -- they're such a fantastic blank slate, so easy to make, and ready to take on whatever personality you want to give them. Will that featureless doll become a gentle, raggedy-Ann or a multiply-pierced, pouting goth doll? The choice is yours!

Before you get to the fun part of making the facial features, hair, clothes and accessories for your doll, you'll need to make sure its body is in proportion, or else you could end up with a hairless teddy instead of a plush human. I've found a simple pattern here to save you having to do the measurements. Enjoy!

Posted by AbiSilvester on May 30, 2008 in Sewing | Permalink

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can you send me this pattern? I want to make one for my daughter for christmas and this is the best I've seen but the link goes all over the placeQ

Posted by: katy Alford | December 10, 2009 1:27 AM

I have tried to access the pattern (here) but it just throw me off the internet, can you please send me the pattern to make for my Granddaughter for Xmas
Merry Xmas to you and yours
Susan

Posted by: Susan | December 15, 2009 9:26 PM

can you email me the pattern??? it wont load on my page and id love to do this for my little grand daughters!! thankyou so much!! jd ps, i typed my stuff below in all small letters on the captcha part, i hope it was correct.

Posted by: JD | December 18, 2009 1:44 PM

Please can you email me the pattern. The link doesn't work. Thanks

Posted by: Clare | December 29, 2009 5:59 PM

Hi,
Could you be so kind as to send me the pattern? It looks better than what I've seen online and would love to make some for my children. Happy New Year!
Yurena

Posted by: Yurena | December 29, 2009 8:08 PM

i would love this pattern could you please email it to me i tried the link and it did not work. it goe sto another search site. so please help me out if you can,.

Posted by: jessica | December 29, 2009 10:44 PM

hey i would love a pattern if you could emailit to me plz x

Posted by: yasmin | January 7, 2010 1:04 PM

Hi, could you please email me a pattern for the rag doll as the link isn't working thanks :)

Posted by: Maryanne | January 12, 2010 10:46 AM

Hi,
Would you please be able to email me the pattern? I cant get onto it when click the link...
Your doll looks very good!

Thanks! :)

Posted by: Choo-Lee | January 12, 2010 11:12 AM

Please email me the pattern, thank you so much!

Posted by: Maria | January 16, 2010 10:59 PM

Can you please email me that pattern? My girls want to make it, and we can't get the link to work!
Thanks!!!

Posted by: Gretchen | January 30, 2010 4:31 PM

Hi I would love to make this doll but I cannot find the link to the pattern, can you send it to me please ?
Thanks

Posted by: Anne | February 7, 2010 10:08 PM

i would love to make this but i can accsess the file please send it to me?

Posted by: Sam | February 8, 2010 4:07 PM

Please email the pattern to me. Great for a school project. Thanks!

Posted by: colleen | February 8, 2010 7:08 PM

Can you please e-mail the pattern as the link doesn't work. Thanks

Posted by: Debbie Street | February 9, 2010 9:14 PM

hi could u please send me the pattern to as also having trouble getting it on here. thankyou

Posted by: cathy w | February 10, 2010 7:11 PM

I'm going to be a sheep and go with the masses... Can you please e-mail me the pattern? =D

Posted by: Brydie Peck | February 20, 2010 11:40 AM

Please email me the pattern! thanks

Posted by: Mara | February 23, 2010 11:21 PM

I would love to make this doll. I make a lot of teddy bears but would like to make this doll. I make them all for sick kids.

Posted by: Ann Salem | March 10, 2010 6:36 PM

could any of you please mail me this pattern? it is impossible to access from the here word
thank you so much

Posted by: angelika | March 19, 2010 3:01 PM

Hi,

I'd love to make this doll, could you forward a copy of the pattern to me. Thank you very much!

Posted by: Shelley | March 26, 2010 9:44 PM

HI,

ME AND MY KIDS WOULD LOVE TO MAKE THIS DOLL CAN U PLEASE FORWARD ME A COPY SINCE THE LINK ISN'T WORKING. THANK U!

Posted by: CHRISTAN | March 28, 2010 7:58 PM

Can you send me this pattern please

Posted by: Olivia | April 3, 2010 2:48 AM

Please send me this pattern.

Posted by: Olivia | April 3, 2010 2:50 AM

can you please send me this pattern as your link is not working. Many Thanks

Posted by: Nicole | April 6, 2010 8:06 AM

Hi there! I tried to follow your link but it can't be displayed :( Can you please email the pattern?

Posted by: An-Toinette | April 6, 2010 1:39 PM

if you could please e mail me this pattern it would be great , thankyou.

Posted by: clodagh carroll | April 6, 2010 11:07 PM

Hi,

this looks great, could you please email me the pattern?

kindest regards

Posted by: corallie | April 9, 2010 4:43 PM

could you please send me the pattern of the doll thanx

Posted by: natasha | April 11, 2010 12:58 PM

hi there, the link to the pattern is still not working, please could you email it to me, looks great and would love to make one for my daughter, thanks!

Posted by: kate | April 21, 2010 9:31 PM

Hi, Can you email me your pattern, it's perfect!
Thanks, Jill

Posted by: Jill | April 30, 2010 12:44 PM

Hello!
I would like to have a copy of the rag doll pattern to use in connection with a story I am planning to narrate to my first graders. Could you please send it to me in an e-mail? Thank you so much for your help.

Mary Jane Rebibis
Dresden International School
01067 Dresden, Germany

Posted by: Mary Jane Rebibis | May 18, 2010 2:55 AM

Hi Can you e-mail me your pattern it is perfect
Thank you

Posted by: cely Jenne | June 5, 2010 6:39 AM

please can you email the pattern the link isn't working. Thanks

Posted by: fionna | June 6, 2010 9:45 PM

hey, i make my own rag dolls and their heads keep flopping around,i've tried putting things such as wires but they end up poking through the top and ruining the doll, pelease help me :D xx

Posted by: Emma Quinn | June 11, 2010 5:42 PM

Hi,
can you please e-mail me the pattern, I want to make a rag doll for my grandchild:)
Thanks

Posted by: karen | June 16, 2010 11:59 AM

Great pattern - poor link...please send me the pattern as well...thanks!

Posted by: KP | June 17, 2010 3:35 AM

hi, greetings from Indonesia.
i love dolls and now i have made many country dolls, such as, prim doll, rag doll, bunny, etc. i love craft very much...
I want to have many friends to share about dolls

Posted by: nova | June 20, 2010 5:16 PM

cannot access page, can you please send me the pattern?

Posted by: peggy | June 24, 2010 11:19 PM

Has anyone heard back about getting this pattern? I would also like to get a copy.

Posted by: JT | June 25, 2010 3:10 AM

hello,
i am doing a GCSE textiles project, and am interested in using a pattern like this, any chance that you could send me the pattern please?
many thanks
Kerry

Posted by: kerry | July 2, 2010 9:43 AM

please send me the pattern, the link cannot open.
thanks!

Posted by: mildred | July 19, 2010 5:29 AM

Could I please get this pattern in an e-mail? I think it would be a great first doll for me to make. I can not access the link.

Posted by: BRANDI | July 20, 2010 1:05 PM

I want to try and make a rag doll for my grandaughter in australia could you please sent me the pattern many thanks chris

Posted by: blent | July 23, 2010 4:58 PM

please can you send me the pattern to make my daughter a nice gift

Posted by: leah smith | July 25, 2010 2:53 PM

This is exactly what I've been looking for! Could you please email it to me? xxx

Thank you so much x

Posted by: Laura Edwards | August 3, 2010 5:57 PM